On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:44:08 -0800, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Temporarily at > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.21-rc2-mm2/ > Does this include a fix for the NFS problem ? BTW, I have in my kernel a patch like this below, isn't it needed ? Original thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117189051227292&w=2 --- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c +++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c @@ -2919,14 +2919,14 @@ static int __make_request(request_queue_ */ blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio); + spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock); /* * Check if we can merge with the plugged list before grabbing * any locks. */ if (!check_plug_merge(q, ioc, bio)) - goto out; + goto out_unlock; - spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock); el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio); if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE) { if (bio_attempt_back_merge(q, req, bio)) { @@ -2984,7 +2984,6 @@ out_unlock: list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &ioc->plugged_list); } -out: return 0; end_io_eopnotsupp: -- J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com> \ Software is like sex: \ It's better when it's free Mandriva Linux release 2007.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.6.20-jam01 (gcc 4.1.2 20070302 (prerelease) (4.1.2-1mdv2007.1)) #2 SMP PREEMPT - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
